Pics of Booklice and Mites for Idenitfication

[Mommy2Crabs]

Originally Posted by Mckenny

I think I would have had to dress in a Hazmat suit before I took on THAT task! And then dip myself in a saltwater bath.... Poor thing---I hope all your crabs are doing ok.

I would too mckenny. Or shave my head so I wouldn't get them in my hair. i know that they arn't the same as LICE but still...I can't stand any bugs in my hair. I hate it when I get a June bug stuck in my hair cuz they won't let go and they BUZZZZZZZ in your ear!!! Okay, that's enough I'm creeping myself out again!

[supernana]

Iv'e been busy,busy, busy as you can imagine My guys are good hanging out in their ISO. I haven't set up my new tat yet but maybe tonight I wanted to make sure all the bugs are gone. Thats way to much work to debug everything..
For 2 nights I couldn't sleep thinking things were crawling on me YUCK!

I treated it as if it was the same as head lice everything gets deep cleaned tank in garbage and new stuff put back in its place. Its just such a bad time for this to happen, we have a party with about 50 people on Sat @ our house so on top of this I've had to run all over every night getting food ordered & picking up supplies plus a workman at the house who always seems to need one more thing from home depot so he can finish the job before the party. And I want my new tat finished before poeple get there. My husband & kids think I'm nuts (I thought I had them fooled) I'll let you guys know how things are after the weekend I won't have time to go online.

[Dezzi]

Now I know what to look for on my crabs! I have always held them in the light, and studied them good for any creepies! Would I be able 2 see them crawling? And I give a bath when I get a new crab. But, After a bath, would mites be visible in, or floating, in the water? I got another hermie this week, and I am keeping him seperate from my tank, & after 2 days (for him to settle) I gave him a Good bath, and I didn't see anything in the water. I was a little worried about this one, because of the conditions of the tank he came from. There was a poor Huge hermie, pulled from his shell, laying dead in the front of the tank, & several limbs laying about, and I found another smaller dead hermie while I was looking. There could have been more that were under the other crabs. I was really upset about it, & I asked an employee about it, and he said - "yeah they die sometimes" I said, I know but why should the remains be left in the tank? We were there 4 over an hour, and No one came & cleaned the tank. I was surprised, because I had gotten a crab there before, and although the tank was Way over crowded, it was clean then. Hardly any of the crabs would even come out of their shells, I felt so bad about 1 crab that was way 2 large for the shell she was in. I wanted 2 take them all! But I finally decided on one, and after we got home, I put him in a shoebox while I fixed up his Iso. I already had some clean shells, and I put several in with him, and after about 5 Min. wrestling W/ a shell, he Changed right there in the box & kitchen Light, in front of us! It was AMAZING! I picked up his shell, and put my finger inside, and the shell had jagged & rough areas in it. They were probably very uncomfortable on his body! But he is A Happy boy now He loves his shell! (Sorry! I always go on & on!) Anyway, Is it 10 days that I should keep him seperate from the other crabs? He doesn't "seem" sick, but I know you can't always be sure. Thank you! & GREAT PICTURES!

[chermo]

Originally Posted by Dezzi

Now I know what to look for on my crabs! I have always held them in the light, and studied them good for any creepies! Would I be able 2 see them crawling? And I give a bath when I get a new crab. But, After a bath, would mites be visible in, or floating, in the water? I got another hermie this week, and I am keeping him seperate from my tank, & after 2 days (for him to settle) I gave him a Good bath, and I didn't see anything in the water. I was a little worried about this one, because of the conditions of the tank he came from. There was a poor Huge hermie, pulled from his shell, laying dead in the front of the tank, & several limbs laying about, and I found another smaller dead hermie while I was looking. There could have been more that were under the other crabs. I was really upset about it, & I asked an employee about it, and he said - "yeah they die sometimes" I said, I know but why should the remains be left in the tank? We were there 4 over an hour, and No one came & cleaned the tank. I was surprised, because I had gotten a crab there before, and although the tank was Way over crowded, it was clean then. Hardly any of the crabs would even come out of their shells, I felt so bad about 1 crab that was way 2 large for the shell she was in. I wanted 2 take them all! But I finally decided on one, and after we got home, I put him in a shoebox while I fixed up his Iso. I already had some clean shells, and I put several in with him, and after about 5 Min. wrestling W/ a shell, he Changed right there in the box & kitchen Light, in front of us! It was AMAZING! I picked up his shell, and put my finger inside, and the shell had jagged & rough areas in it. They were probably very uncomfortable on his body! But he is A Happy boy now He loves his shell! (Sorry! I always go on & on!) Anyway, Is it 10 days that I should keep him seperate from the other crabs? He doesn't "seem" sick, but I know you can't always be sure. Thank you! & GREAT PICTURES!

If I remember correctly you need to iso for 3 weeks to a month. Others can answer you better.

[Mommy2Crabs]

You only need to iso for 2 weeks. But every situation is different. But two is the norm.

Thanks everyone. I'm glad the pics I found could help.